Embattled Ex-Toyota Officials Named

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EMBATTLED EX-TOYOTA OFFICIALS NAMED

ITV

The three former Toyota employees charged with using stolen technology from Ferrari have been named.

All were high-level personnel from the Japanese outfit: team principal Ove Andersson, chief designer Gustav Brunner and Rene Hilhorst, head of aerodynamics.

The three men are accused of violating German competition law by using a data analysis programme brought over by a technician who moved from Ferrari to Toyota in early 2002, Cologne prosecutors revealed in a statement earlier today.

A Toyota spokeswoman confirmed the identity of the three individuals, but distanced the company from the specific charges being brought.

[monza gorilla 1]

Wasn't Andersson in charge when Toyota were banned from the WRC for the turbo restrictor violation?? One shouldn't prejudge the man but skullduggery of this sort seems to be becoming something of a habit for him!

Gustav Brunner should be ashamed of himself, if the allegations are true. Not because he allegedly gained access to a superior level of design but because he then failed to capitalise on it.......

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Wasn't Andersson in charge when Toyota were banned from the WRC for the turbo restrictor violation??

I read about this on grandprix.com. Apparently it was found that although he was in charge, the management were found to have not known about it and it was solely the work of engineers.

As for what you say about Brunner, I second what funkejay has already said, you ought to be a national treasure mate!

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